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I try to respect the dead, even if I didn't agree with their life decisions. Years ago, when my brother died, there was a radio announcer who, after reading the obituary for my brother, made a comment about him being in trouble with the law. While it was a true statement, my mother and I still loved him very much....we were purchasing his grave plot when we heard the statement aired. That was a horrible feeling when we were already reeling from the shock and grief.He made his living exploiting women. Everything I am against.
We shared the same birthday (April 9th) but a few years apartSeptember 27, 2017, Playboy Mansion
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Death. Hefner died of natural causes at his home in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California on September 27, 2017, at the age of 91.
While what you say is true, he also tried to entertain people with his magazine - some of those articles were actually very good.He made his living exploiting women. Everything I am against.
Aye Dio - check out post # 9 aboveI believe Stephen King also wrote some stories that were published in Playboy.
I thought that post only mentioned an interview with King. I just wanted to note King also wrote stories for Playboy and even a poem, I believe.Aye Dio - check out post # 9 above
Yes you are right - I had to go back and edit - I am not firing on all cylinders today as a result of having a cold/flu - should probably go back to bed soonI thought that post only mentioned an interview with King. I just wanted to note King also wrote stories for Playboy and even a poem, I believe.
He made his living exploiting women. Everything I am against.
A few years ago we (the SKMB members at the time) agreed that there would be a moratorium on saying anything negative in the R.I.P. threads. As Sunny stated above- it's a horrible feeling to hear a negative thing about someone that you may love or admire. This thread is not the place to air any negative feelings one may have about the person who has just passed away. The wounds are fresh for those who admire the recently passed and do not deserve more pain inflicted upon them. Please, newer members, take note of the moratorium. Thank you.I try to respect the dead, even if I didn't agree with their life decisions. Years ago, when my brother died, there was a radio announcer who, after reading the obituary for my brother, made a comment about him being in trouble with the law. While it was a true statement, my mother and I still loved him very much....we were purchasing his grave plot when we heard the statement aired. That was a horrible feeling when we were already reeling from the shock and grief.
For this reason, while I might not like what a person did or how they lived, I try to remember that the person was loved by someone and I try not to speak ill of the dead.
While what you say is true, he also tried to entertain people with his magazine - some of those articles were actually very good.
He was a pioneer in his own way - back in the 60s sexuality was much more repressed.
“I don’t walk under ladders; I’m scared...I’ll get seven years’ bad luck if I break a mirror; I try to stay home cowering under the covers on Friday the thirteenth.... But I have a thing about the number 13 in general; it never fails to trace that old icy finger up and down my spine.” From “Playboy Interview: Stephen King,” June 1983. (© 1983 by Playboy.)
The above quote is from an article in June 1983
I actually wish I had a copy of this magazine to add to my collection - I think the later magazines like Hustler were much more explicit and vulgar. If you look at the cover in the spoiler it is not any worse than what you would see today in a Victoria's Secret catalogue.
p.s. Can you find the famous Playboy bunny symbol on the cover? That was something they always did - put it somewhere not that obvious and it was sort of a game to find it.
By the way, while we are all entitled to our opinions, and I do not disrespect yours, I come from a different generation.
I grew up in the 60s and 70s and Playboy magazine [while often hidden away in drawers or under beds, etc.] was a magazine I used to read. The cartoons were quite good as well!